What are adverse religious experiences and how are they harmful to people? Is healing the nervous system essential to healing religious trauma? Is healing in a relationship with others important? Is forgiveness required for healing trauma? These are some of…
How did a popular evangelical pastor become a humanist speaker and writer? How do students react to a humanist chaplain on campus? Today’s podcast episode with Bart Campolo addresses those questions. Bart Campolo is a humanist speaker and writer who was an…
To overcome trauma, you first need to know that you have trauma and that there are things you can do to overcome it. But how do you get that information? How do you determine what exactly is a trauma response…
How and why does someone get into a cult when they’re not raised in one? What makes them join and what makes them stay? In this episode, Aldo B. Martin, the host of The Reclamation Podcast, tells his story about…
In today’s episode, Robin and Debra reflect on their 2021 podcast episodes and express gratitude for the perspectives and lessons shared by each of their guests. Some guests shared their own powerful survivor stories, while others provided insights and solutions…
Providing an outlet for survivors of religious incarceration to tell their stories is a priority of The Incarcerated Christian Podcast. That includes the stories of its hosts. In today’s episode, you’ll hear Robin’s story of growing up in the environment…
How do you break out of a religious cult? What does it look like to move forward afterwards? Today’s guest (unnamed here to protect her identity) will share her experiences growing up in a fringe Christian community: The Institute of…
How do religious communities violate consent? How do they employ cult tactics? Today’s guest, Chris Wilson, wrote about these topics in her master's thesis for the Chicago Theological Seminary. A founding member of The Progressive Clergy of TikTok, Chris joins…
Today, you’ll learn more about your hosts, Robin Mitchell Stroud and Debra Levy Martinelli, and how they came to create The Incarcerated Christian Podcast. Listen to the episode to hear how Robin’s doctoral research factors into the backstory of The…
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